The Rocky Mountain Rangers

Armorial Description

The head of a mountain sheep within an annulus inscribed ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGERS; the annulus surmounted by the Crown and flanked by two sprigs of maple leaves; below, a scroll inscribed with the motto KLOSHE NANITCH.

Official Abbreviation: RM Rang

Motto: Kloshe Nanitch (Keep a good lookout or ever watch)

Battle Honours (6)

First World War

Authorized Marches:
Quick March: The Meeting of the Waters

Regimental Headquarters:
JR Vicars Armoury
Box 3250
Kamloops, BC
V2C 6B8

Location of Sub Units:
Headquarters, A Company, Administration Company
Kamloops, BC

Alliances:
The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wale's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
Richmond, North Yorkshire, England

Location of Museums:
Regimental Church
St. Paul's Cathedral
Kamloops, BC
Museum
JR Vicars Armoury
Kamloops, BC
Cenotaphs
Kamloops, BC
Merritt, BC
Salmon Arm, BC
Revelstoke, BC

Order of Precedence: 37

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2IC

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Today in Military History

April 9

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1869:

Les Fusiliers du Saint-Laurant: J'y Suis En Garde (I am on guard)

1917:

ARRAS, 1917, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 4 May 17)

1917:

VC won by Capt Thain Wendell MacDowell, 38th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France

1917:

VC won by L/Sgt Ellis Wellwood Sifton, 18th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France (posthumous)

1917:

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1917:

VIMY, 1917, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 14 Apr 17)

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